Improvement in shawl, package, or book strap handles



J. COHEN. SHAWL, PACKAGE, on BOOK-STRAP HANDLES.

No. 195,345. Patented. Sept.18,1877.

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JOSEPH COHEN, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHAWL, PACKAGE, OR BOOK STRAP HANDLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 196,345, datedSeptember 18, 1877; application filed August 4, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH COHEN, of the city of Newark, county of Essexand State of New Jersey, have invented certain Improvements in Shawl,Package, or Book Strap Handles, which improvements are fully set forthin the following specification and accompanying drawings.

The object of my invention is to make a shawl, package, or book straphandle ot'a novel shape and construction, as hereinafter described, andto cast the same in one piece, without having any joints, rivets, orother means of joining together the several parts thereof.

My handle consists of the main curved upper part A, having at its twoends slots forming the eyes a. Under the part A is a brace, B, shapedlike an inverted arch, forming an elliptical opening, through which thefingers of the hand pass. When it is desired to have three strapsattached to a handle a slot or eye, 12, is formed at the center of thisunder brace B. When but two straps are to be used the two slots or eyesa, at the ends of the upper portion, are sufficient.

a a are two shoulders, formed for the purpose of covering the center ofthe upper part with leather, textile fabric, or other material, so thatthe hand does not grasp the naked metal. These shoulders form a slightrecess, so that the covering will, where it terminates, show a fiushfinish.

My handle is made of metal, the upper part, the under brace, the eyes,and the shoulders being all cast in one piece at once, thus obviatin gthe connecting together of several parts, being complete, Without anymortising, joining, riveting, or soldering, as soon as it comes out ofthe mold. The handle is afterward ornamented as taste or convenience mayrequire, and the portion between the shoulders a a are covered withleather or any suitable material.

What I claim is- A shawl, package, or book strap handle composed of theupper part A, the under inverted arched brace B, the open eyes a a, andthe shoulders a a, all cast in one piece, forming a handle complete inall its parts without any rivets or joints, substantially as described.

JOSEPH COHEN.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL KING, D. O. JONES.

